ARCHIVE April 9, 2026
April 9, 2026 · NL West

Colorado Rockies vs San Diego Padres

April 9, 2026Petco ParkCloudy 69°F · 7 mph, L To R
AWAY
Colorado Rockies
6-7
3
vs
HOME
San Diego Padres
7-6
7

Starting pitchers

AWAY · COL
Chase Dollander
Chase Dollander
IP 4.1
HOME · SD
Randy Vásquez
Randy Vásquez
IP 5.2

Lineups

AWAY · COL
  1. 1 Edouard Julien 2B
  2. 2 Mickey Moniak RF
  3. 3 Hunter Goodman C
  4. 4 Troy Johnston 1B
  5. 5 TJ Rumfield DH
  6. 6 Ezequiel Tovar SS
  7. 7 Willi Castro 3B
  8. 8 Jake McCarthy LF
  9. 9 Brenton Doyle CF
HOME · SD
  1. 1 Jake Cronenworth 2B
  2. 2 Fernando Tatis Jr. RF
  3. 3 Jackson Merrill CF
  4. 4 Manny Machado 3B
  5. 5 Xander Bogaerts SS
  6. 6 Gavin Sheets LF
  7. 7 Nick Castellanos DH
  8. 8 Ty France 1B
  9. 9 Freddy Fermin C

Box score

  123456789101112 R
COL 001000000110 3
SD 001000000114 7

Manager comparison

Both managers grade C / B entering this matchup.

AWAY · COL
Warren Schaeffer
C Lineup 1.5 R Bunts 0.9 R IBBs 1.9 R
HOME · SD
Craig Stammen
B Lineup 0.8 R Bunts 0.4 R IBBs 0.2 R

Recent form

AWAY · COL
3-6 W2 -7 run diff
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HOME · SD
4-6 L1 -6 run diff
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Season series: 1-6 with COL listed first across 7 prior meetings.

Tactical analysis

RunsLeft separates manager decisions from player execution from game variance. Each card below is the same three-number framework that drives the share cards on the SPA replay page.

AWAY · Colorado Rockies
  • Manager lineup cost +0.11 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.08 vs actual lineup 2.97
  • Player execution +0.03 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 2.97 projection by 0.03 (scored 3)
  • Game variance −0.08 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Doyle HR from the 9-hole

HOME · San Diego Padres
  • Manager lineup cost −0.01 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.38 vs actual lineup 3.39
  • Player execution +3.61 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 3.39 projection by 3.61 (scored 7)
  • Game variance +3.62 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Merrill 0-for-4 batting 3rd

COUNTERFACTUAL

Optimal lineups projected 3.1 – 3.4 — actual was 3 – 7.

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How RunsLeft analyzes games

Standard content on this page comes from the MLB Stats API. Tactical analysis comes from a per-game Monte Carlo: 10,000 simulated games against the opposing starter's ERA, both for the actual lineup the manager wrote and for the optimal arrangement of those nine players. The three numbers — manager cost, player execution, game variance — separate which part of the result was the lineup, the players, or the dice.

Read the full methodology.